# NTSB LAX70I0024: Dehavilland DHC-6, N953SM, Santa Ana, CA, October 30, 1969

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: October 30, 1969
- Place: Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 19 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 3, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 147976
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX70I0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70I0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0044  69/10/30 NR.SANTA ANA,CALIF    DEHAVILLAND DHC-6   CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1945                    N953SM              PX-  0  0 18  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      53, 15250 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D        921 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LOS ANGELES,CALIF          SANTA ANA,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           BIRD STRIKE                                              LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        REMARKS- STRUCK MUD HEN. R WINDSHIELD FAILED. LANDED OK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N953SM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-6
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Orange County

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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